The Welsh Government's Transforming Towns Placemaking Grant has been extended for a further two years, with £26 million of funding to support town and city centres.
The Transforming Towns Placemaking Grant was introduced in March 2021 to consolidate various smaller regeneration grants into a single, streamlined capital grant programme.

New electric vehicle (EV) charging points will be installed across Newport City Council through adding them to existing streetlights.

Scottish first minister John Swinney has announced the Scottish Government's legislative programme will be brought forward 'to ensure the country is as prepared as possible to secure its future in the face of the uncertainty facing the global economy'.
The Programme for Government will presented to the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday 6 May 2025.

Drivers are set to benefit from up to £500 of savings per year, as well as have 1,127 miles of roadworks are lifted.

The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has unveiled the first schools to benefit from the new Greener Schools pilot, which will enable schools to spend less on their energy bills and more on children’s education.

Businesses that deliver clean energy are to be prioritised for connection to the grid.
Currently, companies are waiting up to 15 years to be connected to the grid, leaving promising businesses 'grid-locked'. Over the last five years, the grid connection queue has grown tenfold.
It is hoped the changes will help to kick-start the economy and put more money in working people’s pockets.
Energy secretary Ed Miliband said: "Too many companies are facing gridlock because they cannot get the clean energy they need to drive growth and create jobs.

Falkirk Council is to become the first local authority in Scotland to operate a fleet of electric dump trucks, as eight electric Ford Transit Tippers and four electric Four Luton vans are to replace the existing 12 diesel vehicles.

Military planners have been called into Birmingham, as the ongoing strike by refuse workers reaches one month.
The strike began on 11 March and the city council has since declared a major incident and asked neighbouring authorities to help.
Now office-based planners from the army are set to provide logistical support.

The government has announced £121 million for quantum technology in a bid to tackle crime, fraud and money laundering.
Announced on World Quantum Day on the 14th April, the funding will be made available over the next year to expand the use of the technology.
The funding is part of the UK’s National Quantum Technologies Programme: which sets out the long-term effort to back early-stage research, and support getting quantum technologies out of the lab and onto the marketplace.

In a successful join bid with Southward Council through the Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) funding initiative form the government, Lambeth Council has secured £1.36 million government funding to upgrade its electric vehicle (EV) chargepoint network.